Ghrelin Expression in the Mouse Pancreas Defines a Unique Multipotent Progenitor Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Arnes, Luis ^a   Hill, Jonathon T ^a   Gross, Stefanie ^a   Magnuson, Mark A ^b   Sussel, Lori ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; NEUROGENIN 3; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EXOCRINE CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET EPSILON CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GHRELIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871183791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052026     Document Type: Article

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